明朝体

Japanese

Kanji in this term
明	朝	体
みん Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2	たい Grade: 2
tōon	on’yomi	goon

Etymology

明朝 (Minchō, “Ming dynasty”) +‎ 体 (-tai, “calligraphic style”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) みんちょーたい [mìńchóótáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [mʲĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ːta̠i]

Noun

明朝体 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 明朝體, hiragana みんちょうたい, rōmaji Minchōtai, historical hiragana みんてうたい)

the Ming typographic style of East Asian scripts (Han, hangul, kana), equivalent to the Western serif style
源 (げん)ノ明 (みん)朝 (ちょう)
Gen no Minchō
Source Han Serif

See also

ゴシック体 (たい) (goshikku-tai)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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